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Panel backs technical changes to juvenile diversion plans to expand upstream services
Summary
The committee moved Senate Bill 816 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after Oregon Youth Authority staff said the measure would let counties use diversion funds earlier in youth contact to provide targeted services without requiring adjudication.
The House Committee on Judiciary voted to move Senate Bill 816 to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation after hearing from the Oregon Youth Authority that the measure is a technical refinement to existing diversion funding and coordination.
Debbie Martin of the Oregon Youth Authority told the committee the bill allows counties to deliver diversion services without requiring youths to be adjudicated first. "The goal is to be able to move further upstream without having youth have to be engaged…
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